Paris District High School - Yearbook (Paris, Ontario Canada)

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PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK Commencement, 1928 The capacity of the gym at the High School was taxed to accommodate all who attended the Commencement Exercises held there Friday evening. To the students it is a bright spot in the year, and to the parents it is a time of exaltation, for it never fails to inspire those older to see the young people striving to take advantage of the opportunities so bountifully provided and thus equip themselves for the struggle of life upon which they are soon to enter. Principal Butcher occupied the chair, and said the chairman's address would take the form of a series of announcements. First he thanked the Daughters of the Empire and the Women's Institute for the prizes provided by them for the senior oratory contests, and he was hoping they would be able to do so again for a similar contest to be held January 25th. He also thanked Mr. R. H. Turnbull, honorary president of the Literary Society for the spring term of 1928, for his generous contribution towards the expenses of issuing the 1927 Year Book. Personally, and speaking for the school also, he appre- ciated the co-operation of the Canadian Legion, who have offered a trophy for competition in oratory to take place on Empire Day of each year. And last, but by no means least, the chairman announced with marked pleasure that Mr. C. A. McCor1nick, honorary president of the Literary Society, had con- tributed a prize of one hundred dollars to the student in form four showing the greatest progress, the object being to encourage the lucky student to con- tinue at high school. This announcement was received with very hearty ap- plause by the audience. The junior oratorical contest was announced to take place Jan. 11th, and mention was made that as yet no prizes had been donated for this important event. Following these announcements Mr. Chas. McCausland, chairman of the management committee, presented prizes and medals as follows: Short story prize winner, Terence Whitbread, Dorothy Elson and Dorothy Flanagan fequall were honorably mentionedg athletic medals-Senior girl champion, Isabel Burtg junior girl,, Edna Salesg junior boy, Andrew Thompson, inter- mediate boy, Geo. Aitking senior boy, Joel Ebyg first Penman scholarship, Murray McGillg second Penman scholarship, Bernard Johnsong third Penman scholarship, Dan Herliheyg and Board of Education prize, Kathleen Danford. Mr. McCausland rather expected a prize for the winners of the softball game last summer, when the Board were victors, but the supply gave out too soon. D'r. Barron, chairman of the Board of Education, then presented graduation diplomas to the following: Mary S. M. Black, Doris V. Gardner, Emily E. Howard, Hazel F. B. Laurie, Marion McCamm0n, Inez E. Newell, Isabelle M. Sinclair, Ellen A. Wishart, Bruce Adams, Eric C. Apps, Bernard T. Brown, Arthur Cullum and Glen A. Wentworth. Dr. Barron followed with a few words of congratulation, and said while it might seem the finish for those receiving diplomas it was really the begin- ning of their life work. He said it was said the German student was asked at graduation What do you know, the American, What can you do, and the British What are you, and said it was what we are that decides our destiny. Character and influence were the attributes that counted, and he was sure the students leaving Paris High School would uphold the best traditions of the British Empire. Miss Ellen Wishart delivered the valedictorian's address, and it was up to the standard the school maintains. It contained many expressions of appre- ciation of the continual help of the teachers, of the pleasant associations in the classroom and on the athletic field, of the high type of the young people 13

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